Ottawa, Canada — The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and Canada 2020 will host “Canada and the Global Digital Future,” a dinner, award ceremony and panel discussion, in Ottawa, Canada.
This event will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at Chateau Laurier. Media must register in advance by contacting CIGI Communications Specialist Kevin Dias, [email protected]. A live global webcast will be available at www.cigionline.org/webcast.
“Canada and the Global Digital Future,” taking place on the occasion of the meeting of the Global Commission on Internet Governance in Ottawa, will feature a panel discussion with commission Chair Carl Bildt, Commissioners Melissa Hathaway, Sir David Omand, and Latha Reddy, as well as Evan Solomon, host of the CBC’s Power & Politics, as the moderator.
The event will also feature the Hon. John Baird, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs presenting a special award to the Commission’s chair and former prime minister and foreign affairs minister of Sweden, Carl Bildt.
The Global Commission on Internet Governance is a two-year initiative launched in January 2014 by CIGI and Chatham House, and will produce a comprehensive stand on the future of multi-stakeholder Internet governance. It is holding its only meeting in Canada, from November 24-25.
Event: “Canada and the Global Digital Future,” hosted by CIGI and Canada 2020
Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Fairmont Chateau Laurier, 1 Rideau St., Ottawa, Ontario
MEDIA CONTACT:
Kevin Dias, Communications Specialist, CIGI
Tel: 519.885.2444, ext. 7238, Email: [email protected]
The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) is an independent, non-partisan think tank on international governance. Led by experienced practitioners and distinguished academics, CIGI supports research, forms networks, advances policy debate and generates ideas for multilateral governance improvements. Conducting an active agenda of research, events and publications, CIGI’s interdisciplinary work includes collaboration with policy, business and academic communities around the world. CIGI was founded in 2001 by Jim Balsillie, then co-CEO of Research In Motion (BlackBerry), and collaborates with and gratefully acknowledges support from a number of strategic partners, in particular the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario. For more information, please visit www.cigionline.org.
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